400 RIVERSIDE RD SEPA 016 - 039 - RIVERSIDE BUSINESS PARK Land Use Decision Documents 2025-04-14

Executive Summary Soundview Consultants LLC (SVC) is assisting Latitude Development LLC (Applicant) on a Fish and ' Wildlife Biological Assessment Report and ESA FEMA Floodplain Analysis for a proposed commercial project at 315 Riverside Road,Everett,Washington (Snohomish County Parcel Numbers 29050900300800 and 29050800402500). The subject property is currently owned by the Port of Everett. The subject property is 21.9 acres in size and is situated in the Southeast and Southwest quarters of Section 8,Township 29 North, Range 05 East,W.M. ' The parcel is currently undeveloped and consists mostly of urban compacted fill soils. At this time, Latitude Development LLC is proposing to develop the property for business/industrial use and project activities will comply with the City of Everett Shoreline Management Program (SMP). Per ' SMP code 5.1.1, this proposed project is upriver from SR 529 and may be used for nonwater- dependent industrial or heavy commercial use and will the project will be concurrent with the Port of Everett's restoration of a 50 foot buffer along the Snohomish River including a public access pathway. ' Additional, the project will have perimeter landscaping, parking and stormwater facilities outside of 50 foot offset.The proposed project will develop a highly degraded site and establish a more functional buffer along the Snohomish River. ' The subject property was investigated for the presence of fish and wildlife habitat and priority and/or ESA listed species on November 17, 2016, by Jon Pickett, Senior Planner for SVC. The Snohomish ' River is designated as a "Shoreline of the State" and has a riparian buffer zone measured perpendicularly from the ordinary high water mark on both sides of the water body 250 feet landward (Washington State Department of Ecology,2011).The currently proposed building is partially situated within the 250-foot riparian buffer zone of the Snohomish River. Any development actions within this buffer zone require compliance with Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act(ESA) through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), as part of the National Flood Insurance Program ' (NFIP). Upon evaluation of the proposed projects'planned site improvements,construction actions, and buffer restoration, the proposed project is not anticipated to adversely effect ESA-listed species. Riparian buffer functions will be improved and restored by the Port of Everett;however, the City of Everett requires assessment and documentation of the potential effects on ESA-listed species and critical habitat to maintain NFIP compliance. ' The on-site portion of the riparian buffer zone does not contain sensitive plant, fish, or wildlife species, or functional habitat. However, the Snohomish River does contain ESA listed salmonid and trout species. There will be a 50-foot shoreline buffer landward of the Ordinary High Water Mark of ' the River which the Port of Everett will be responsible to restore. This Floodplain analysis will not consider impacts to the immediate shoreline since the work will be undertaken by the City; however, with the completion of the shoreline restoration by the City, the ' habitat and function will be greatly improved.Additionally,the project will improve stormwater runoff and water quality by the installation of detention and treatment that is not currently in place. Soundview Consultants LLC i December 8,2016 1413.0003 Riverside Business Park-FEMA ESA Biological Assessment Report